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Morgan Doctor Offers Free Downloads

Andrew_Horan — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:37:55 +0000

Toronto's Morgan Doctor has offered a free stream/download of Paradise Animals' remix of her track 'Phosphorescent' from her album Major Over Minor, out now on Aporia Records/Outside. Eccodek also offered up their remix of the track 'The Seafarer'; It's Doctor's first fully instrumental album, it came following three years of soul searching after she left [...]

Poor Young Things Announce Tour Dates

Andrew_Horan — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:25:41 +0000

Toronto's Poor Young Things have unveiled the details of their forthcoming tour in support of their forthcoming album The Heart. The Head. The End, out on May 21 via Bumstead Productions. The winners of the 2013 SiriusXM Emerging Artist of the Year award are no strangers to the road, playing over 100 shows in 2012 [...]

POP Montreal Unveils NxNE & Sled Island Dates

Andrew_Horan — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:53:54 +0000

POP Montreal has unveiled its showcases at NxNE in Toronto and Sled Island in Calgary. They will collaborate with NeXT for a showcase at The Silver Dollar on June 14. The event will feature hotly buzzed MTL band AroarA with the Toronto contingent being represented by Decades, Alvvays and more. Complete line-up is below; 8:00pm - AroarA [...]

The Belle Game Offer Free Stream Of Debut Album

Andrew_Horan — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:09:32 +0000

Vancouver quintet The Belle Game's new album Ritual Tradition Habit is out today on Boompa Records and they're offering a free stream of the release, check it out below; The band also unveiled the details of their summer tour, check 'em out on the following dates; 05/25 - New Westminster, BC @ Uptown Live 06/30 [...]

Martha Wainwright Announces Summer Tour

Andrew_Horan — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:44:25 +0000

Martha Wainwright has announced the dates of her Canadian tour in support of her 2012 album Come Home To Mama. This time out, Wainwright will partake in the Fan Experience; a VIP ticket package and ticket pre-sale provider that works with a wide variety of artists to offer fans premium tickets as well as unique [...]

Weekly Sound Check May 13, 2013

hendrikpape — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:48:17 +0000

It’s #MusicMonday as they call it on social media which can only mean it’s time for another instalment of Sound Check. This week’s blog has a special Canadian theme to it for a few reasons. Firstly this post marks the first post that will appear on www.nxew.ca, secondly a huge free music festival announced a [...]

Plumes Soar on Self-Titled Debut

heatherkitching — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:19:04 +0000

Plumes debut Western Canadian tour: May 24 – Ritornello Festival, Saskatoon SK May 25 – Ritornello Festival, Saskatoon SK May 28 – The CYRK, Winnipeg, MB May 29 – The Artful Dodger, Regina, SK June 1 – The Streaming Café, Kelowna, BC June 2 – The Armstrong Inn, Armstrong, BC June 3 – Duncan Garage [...]

Three-time Juno-winning songsmith David Francey pays homage to perseverance on So Say We All

heatherkitching — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:13:29 +0000

“The closest thing this country has to Woodie Guthrie” – The Georgia Straight Fourteen years ago at the age of 45, David Francey began an astonishing journey from life-long manual labourer to three-time Juno-winning folk troubadour – renowned for writing with heart-wrenching honesty about the struggles of the poor and working class. His new album, [...]

Ashley Condon Out-Performs Her Award-Winning Debut on David Francey-Produced Follow-up

heatherkitching — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:06:48 +0000

This Great Compromise releases May 28 Saturday June 1st - The Company House, Halifax (matinee 4pm start) Sunday June 2nd - West Dublin Hall w/ Ian Foster (7pm start) Ten years ago, Ashley Condon wept through an entire David Francey concert, realizing she had discovered the kind of simple honest, folk music she herself wanted [...]

Latin vocalist Eliana Cuevas releases audatious new album

heatherkitching — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:00:18 +0000

Eliana Cuevas launches Espejo May 15th at the Lula Lounge Doors at 7pm Show at 8pm Tickets $15 A la carte menu available. To reserve a table for dinner, call 416.588.0307 Musically stretched by a series of challenging recent collaborations and emotionally transformed by motherhood, Eliana Cuevas makes an explosive return to the stage next [...]

A Little Hope for Struggling Bands & Musicians

Justin Beach — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:48:44 +0000

Eric Alper posted this photo on Facebook earlier today, it's the Beatles playing for a crowd of 18 people on December 9th, 1961 in Aldershot. There are some additional photos and a posted for the show at Retronaut. Less than a month later on January 1, 1962 the band auditioned for Decca records. Decca rejected the [...]

Play With the Interactive Genre Map at Every Note at Once

Justin Beach — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:46:36 +0000

Genre is a pain in the ass. It was a useful concepts in the days when record stores were a thing. It told the clerk where to put the record, but now the record stores are gone and genres have become so specialized and devised that they are usually meaningless. Many artists have also developed [...]

Sean Nicholas Savage Releases Third Album On May 28

Andrew_Horan — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:37:20 +0000

Montreal singer Sean Nicholas Savage has announced that he will release his third album Other Life on May 28 via Arbutus Records. He's offering a free stream of the track 'More Than I Love Myself', check it out here. The theme of Other Life is loss as Savage singing about losing men, women and places [...]

New Video: Bob Wiseman – ‘Neil Young At The Junos’

Justin Beach — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:59:46 +0000

Bob Wiseman is one of my favorite Torontonians. He was a founding member of Blue Rodeo, a founding member of Blocks Recording Club, an original member of the Hidden Cameras, a long list of collaborations with an impressive list of musical artists and comics and a catalogue of solo work that dates back to 1988. [...]

Help Laura Barrett and By Devine Right’s José Miguel Contreras Make a Movie

Justin Beach — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:27:24 +0000

Porch Stories is, or will be, a film by Sarah Goodman. It will star (among others) Laura Barrett, By Devine Right's José Miguel Contreras and comic Alex Tindal. It will also be paid for by you, hopefully, please? Check out the IndieGoGo campaign and pitch in where you can:

Grimes, Sexism and the Music Industry

Justin Beach — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:51:26 +0000

This has been talked about before, quite a bit really, the Canadian music industry is sexist. Hell, for that matter Canada is fairly sexist (not all, I'm probably not talking about you personally ... just keep reading). Anyway, that sexism combined with sexual harassment have not, for a time anyway, forced critically acclaimed artist Grimes out of touring. On [...]

“Pennie Lane” First Video from the BB Guns

Justin Beach — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:38:54 +0000

Toronto's BB Guns are getting ready to drop their first EP Baby I Hate You, produced by Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt, is set to drop on May 7. In order to introduce you to the band, and convince you to grap the EP they've unveiled their first music video. The video for Pennie Lane was [...]

The Colony: In Canada, When the Apocalypse Comes It’s With Snow

Justin Beach — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:02:43 +0000

A new Canadian post-apocalyptic adventure, the Colony, hits theaters on April 26. Unlike the popular British or American post-apoclypse stories this one, from director Jeff Renfroe, ends the world with snow. That pretty much ends the chance of convincing Americans that we don't live in igloos or ride polar bears. Still, the film has a good cast which [...]

Hooded Fang Announce US and Canadian Dates in Support of Graves

Justin Beach — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:08:00 +0000

Hooded Fang is probably my favorite Toronto act that is still going. They are back with a new collection of garage / surf rock inspired pop titled Graves (May 27 in the UK, May 28 in the US and Canada). If you're very lucky you can also catch them live at these places: 5/29 London, ON - [...]

The Burning Hell: New Album and World Tour Dates

Justin Beach — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:24:20 +0000

It's spring and that means the Burning Hell is hitting the road. The tour, in support of their new album People kicks off next week and doesn't wrap up until the weather starts to cool again. The tour dates are below the new video for 'Sentimentalists'. If they stop near you, don't miss your chance [...]